Table of Contents

Foreword to the English language edition 1. The Predisposition towards Expressionism 2. The Beginnings of the Expressionist Film 3. The Spell of Light: the Influence of Max Reinhardt 4. Lubitsch and the Costume Film 5. The Stylized Fantastic 6. The Symphonies of Horror 7. 'Decorative' Expressionism 8. The World of Shadows and Mirrors 9. Studio Architecture and Landscape 10. The Expressionist Debut of a 'Realistic' Director 11. Kammerspielfilm and Stimmung 12. Murnau and the Kammerspielfilm 13. The Handling of Crowds 14. The Fritz Lang Thriller 15. Tragedies of the Street 16. The Evolution of the Costume Film 17. The Eye of the Camera in E. A. Dupont 18. The Climax of the Chiaroscuro 19. Pabst and the Miracle of Louise Brooks 20. The Decline of the German Film Appendix: The Dreigroschenoper Lawsuit Principal Works Mentioned in the Text Selective Filmography, 1913-33 Index Sources of Illustration